Image caption The value of the pound fell after the research was published at 22:00 BST The pound fell sharply after a projection suggested the Conservative Party could fail to win an outright majority in the election on 8 June. Previous opinion polls suggested Prime Minister Theresa May’s party would increase their majority, which is [...]

Image caption A cordon was put in place around Falkner Street in Toxteth A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of a woman and two children were found at a flat in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. Police were called to a ground floor flat on Falkner Street shortly before [...]

Image copyright Getty Images Tens of thousands of expat pensioners may return to the UK to use the NHS after Brexit – unless a deal can be done to let them keep receiving care abroad, a think tank has warned. The Nuffield Trust estimates the cost of treating them – on home soil, rather than [...]

Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took questions from members of the public during “The Battle for Number 10″ on Sky News and Channel 4. The party leaders did not appear together, as Mrs May declined to take part in a head-to-head encounter. Mr Corbyn chose to go first after winning a [...]

Media captionThe two leaders faced questions on the NHS and the economy Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn attempted to convince a live studio audience they should be the next prime minister in a special general election programme. Mr Corbyn was quizzed about his foreign policy views, past campaigning in Northern Ireland and tax-raising plans. Mrs [...]

Image caption The zoo includes enclosures for Malaysian tigers and Bengal tigers A female zoo-keeper has died in a “freak accident” after a tiger entered an enclosure at a wildlife park. The death happened at Hamerton Zoo Park, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, at about 11:15 BST. Cambridgeshire Police said: “A tiger had entered an enclosure with [...]

Image caption Crowds paid tribute to the emergency services involved after Monday’s terror attack Tens of thousands of runners pounded the streets during an emotional occasion for Manchester, days after the arena attack that killed 22 people. Armed police were stationed among spectators at the Great Manchester Run, the latest large-scale event to take place [...]

Media captionPassengers stranded at Heathrow airport say that they were kept in the dark by the airline More than a third of British Airways flights from Heathrow were cancelled as thousands of passengers faced a second day of disruption. The airline was hit by a worldwide computer system power failure on Saturday, causing cancellations and [...]

Media caption“We must fight for our destiny as Europeans,” says Mrs Merkel Europe can no longer “completely depend” on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Mrs Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as well as Russia but Europe now had to [...]

Image copyright Greater Manchester Police CCTV images showing suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he attacked Manchester Arena killing 22 people, have been been released by police. Fourteen locations are being searched and 11 men remain in custody on suspicion of terror offences. Abedi’s identity was known within two hours of Monday’s attack, police [...]